6 Fresh (and Filling!) Salads to Add to Your Summer Menu

Prep No-Sweat Meals

Salads are ideal summertime meals — they’re quick, nutritious, and best of all don’t require much time to prepare (who wants to slave over a hot stove when it’s boiling outside?). And contrary to what you might think, salads can be substantial entrees even without any meat.

Stick to a Tried-and-True Flavor

What’s in season: Onions

For your next cookout, prepare this tasty BBQ Tempeh ‘n’ Dilly Slaw Bowl with sweet white onions, which are available year-round but usually harvested during late summer. Recreate a strong and sweet barbecue sauce for your pan-fried tempeh with low-calorie tamari (a type of soy sauce), molasses, and liquid smoke. Then, keep the summertime flavor going with a side of vegan barbecue potato chips.

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Reinvent a Classic

What’s in season: Carrots

You won’t miss out on any delicious flavors when you swap traditional chicken for Romero’s Red-Hot Saucy Tofu in her Backyard Buffalo Ranch Caesar Salad. This simple slaw includes vitamin A-rich carrots, antioxidant-rich red cabbage, and low-calorie celery, all of which lend a satisfying crunch next to extra-firm tofu or tempeh.

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Get Inspired by Street Food

What’s in season: Avocados, corn

A classic staple of grilling season, corn is easy to prep, versatile, and bursting with sweetness during its peak in the summer. Capture that taste with Romero’s Mexican Roasted Corn Salad with Avocado, a fresh take on the popular Mexican street food esquites, or toasted corn. It’s mixed with rich, creamy avocado, which is also in season and high in heart-healthy, monounsaturated fats.

Switch to Whole Grains

What’s in season: Beets, cucumbers

Soba, or buckwheat noodles, are popular in Japan during the hot summer months, when they’re served chilled. Blend the cold noodles with colorful beets and crisp cucumbers and you’ll get a classic Eastern European-style adaptation in Romero’s Polish Summer Soba Salad.

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